Subject Course Section Course Title Course Description Instructor Files Term
ITALST 265 041 Mafia Culture and the Power of Symbols, Rituals, and Myth

The course analyzes the visual media representation of the Mafia in North America. It focuses on the manner in which North American visual culture often glorifies the Italian Mafiosi's lifestyle. As this characterization of both the Mafia and the Mafiosi began with the archetypal figures of the bosses, special attention will be given to the visual practices of the 1930s, to Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather" trilogy, as well as to the television series "The Sopranos." The goal is to deconstruct the romanticized portrayal of the Italian and Italian-American gangster lifestyle created on visual media and television by analyzing the atrocities committed by organized crime.

 PDF icon ITALST 265_A.Nicaso_Fall 2020.pdf Fall 2020
ITALST 291 041 Italian Culture and Civilization 1

A survey of developments in Italian culture - history, literature, and the arts - up to and including the Renaissance.

 Roberta Cauchi-Santoro PDF icon ITALST 291_R.Cauchi-Santoro_Fall 2020.pdf Fall 2020
LS 101 041, 042, 081 Introduction to Legal Studies

An introduction to the study of law, its structure, and legal institutions from a cross-cultural and historical perspective. This interdisciplinary course examines the origins of legal systems and their impact on society. Included is an analysis of the diverse historical, political, economic, and cultural conditions under which law arises and functions within society.

 

Course outline for section 042 available upon request to the Scheduling Specialist

 Anastasia Tataryn, Honor Brabazon, Frederick Desroches PDF icon LS 101-041_A.Tataryn_Fall 2020.pdfPDF icon LS 101-081_F.Desroches_Fall 2020.pdf Fall 2020
LS 229 081 Selected Topics in Criminology

Sociological analysis of research and theory on selected criminal activities. Motivation, modus operandi, and the social characteristics of offenders will be examined in relation to such specific crimes as drug and sexual offenses, theft, robbery, murder, organized crime, and/or other criminal activities.

 

Cross-listed with SOC 229

 Carlie Leroux-Demir PDF icon SOC 229-LS 229-081_C.Leroux_Fall 2020.pdf Fall 2020
LS 235 041 History of Ancient Law

A historical introduction to law in the ancient world. Babylonian, Assyrian, Hittite, and Roman law, legal practices, and concepts will be examined.

 

Cross-listed with HIST 210, CLAS 210

 Dan Hutter PDF icon HIST 210-CLAS 210-LS 235_D.Hutter_Fall 2020.pdf Fall 2020
LS 291 041 Legal Writing

A study of the principles, processes, and various forms of writing used in the practice of law and drafting of legislation. The history and structure of legal writing, including current debates about plain language, will be examined.

 

Cross-listed with ENGL 210I

 Ryan Devitt PDF icon ENGL 210I-LS 291_R.Devitt_Fall 2020.pdf Fall 2020
LS 351 041 Philosophy of Law

Basic themes in the philosophy of law. Issues include the nature of law and its relation to morality and politics, legal reasoning, the justification of punishment, and theories of rights, responsibility, and liability.

 

Cross-listed with PHIL 327

 Stéphanie Grégoire PDF icon PHIL 327-LS 351_S.Gregoire_Fall 2020.pdf Fall 2020
LS 386 041 Law and Violence

Discussions about law's coercive power raise important questions about the legitimacy of state-sanctioned violence. This course uncovers the roots and limits of law's power as it relates to questions of violence, obedience, and dissent.

 

Course outline available upon request to the Scheduling Specialist

 Fall 2020
LS 401 041 Law, Culture, and Rights

This seminar explores the intersection of culture and rights from a legal studies perspective in order to better understand the diversity of ways that law shapes our society, and vice versa. Students will debate and assess selected topics from the perspective of various disciplines spanning the social sciences and humanities.

 

Course outline available upon request to the Scheduling Specialist

 Honor Brabazon Fall 2020
LS 402 041, 042 Perspectives on Legal Authority and Subjectivity

This seminar explores the relation between those who make or administer law and select legal subjects whose lives and identities are shaped by law. Students will debate and assess selected perspectives while touching on various disciplines spanning the social sciences and humanities.

 Susan Dianne Brophy PDF icon LS 402-041, 042_S.Brophy_Fall 2020.pdf Fall 2020